Past meetings

April 2008 

• 24 November 2008 - 05 December 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
  The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in its 300th Session (November 2007) to discuss and adopt international statistical standards on two topics, Child Labour and Working Time. ...

May 2007 

• 30 May 2007 - 15 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
  96th Session of the International Labour Conference
  More than 3,000 government, worker and employer leaders meet here from 30 May to 15 June for the annual Conference to discuss issues ranging from decent work and development to child labour in agriculture, work in the fishing sector, equality at work, forced labour and the promotion of sustainable enterprises.

January 2007 

• 24 April 2007 - 27 April 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Eleventh African Regional Meeting
  At four yearly intervals, the African Regional Meeting brings together the political, economic and social actors from the countries of the region.

November 2006 

• 12 December 2000 - 15 December 2000, Geneva, Switzerland
  6th ILO European Regional Meeting
  The meeting came at a time of improving labour market performance in Europe. The ILO report pointed out, however, that "the persistence of high rates of unemployment in many Western European countries continues to be a fundamental economic and social problem and is still an important source of poverty. ...
• 08 March 2007 - 30 March 2007, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
  298th session of the Governing Body
  The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) will address a range of issues at its 298th session, including basic labour rights in Myanmar and Belarus, trade and employment, wages around the world, UN reform and the latest report of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association.
• 02 November 2006 - 17 November 2006, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
  297th session of the Governing Body
  The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) will address a wide range of issues, including basic labour rights in Myanmar and Belarus, the ILO response to the post-crisis situation in Lebanon and the latest report of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association.

August 2006 

• 29 August 2006 - 01 September 2006, Busan, Republic of Korea
  Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting
  The overall theme of the 14th AsRM is Realizing Decent Work in Asia. The concept of decent work encompasses employment creation and enterprise promotion, social protection, rights at work and social dialogue. The Meeting will identify the opportunities and challenges for realizing decent work as the main pathway out of poverty and for creating a more productive and equitable society in Asia.
• 28 August 2001 - 31 August 2001, Bangkok, Thailand
  Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting
  In its first regional meeting since the high drama of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 – grouping 39 member States – the ILO’s government, employer and worker constituents discussed a plan for ensuring social protection, rights at work and job creation, as a way of applying its global strategy for decent work to the region’s people and helping them weather global economic turmoil.
• 09 December 1997 - 11 December 1997, Bangkok, Thailand
  Twelfth Asian Regional Meeting
  The International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a series of wide-ranging Conclusions in which governments, and representatives of workers' and employers' organizations urged the ILO to "vigorously pursue" its opportunities to make an "essential contribution" to the economic and social development of Asia.

April 2006 

• 02 May 2006 - 05 May 2006, Brasilia, Brazil
  Sixteenth American Regional Meeting
  This Regional Meeting is intended to provide a forum for tripartite delegations to express their opinions on the themes addressed by the Report prepared by the Director-General of the ILO for this meeting.
• 31 May 2006 - 16 June 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
  95th Session of the International Labour Conference
  This year's Global Report will be on the effective abolition of child labour; the agenda will also include occupational safety and health, the employment relationship and the role of the ILO in technical cooperation.

February 2006 

• 16 March 2006 - 31 March 2006, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
  295th session of the Governing Body
  The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) discussed a wide range of subjects including forced labour in Myanmar, the global jobs crisis, youth employment and globalization issues. The meeting also considered ILO activities in the field of employment promotion and social protection, adopted the latest report of its Committee on Freedom of Association and discussed the recently adopted Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
• 07 February 2006 - 23 February 2006, Geneve, Switzerland
  94th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference
  The Session has taken as its aim the unprecedented task of adopting a comprehensive international labour Convention to consolidate almost all ILO maritime labour Conventions and Recommendations currently in force - over 60 texts and set out the conditions for decent work in the increasingly globalized maritime sector.

November 2005 

• 01 November 2005 - 21 November 2005, ILO Geneva
  GB 294th session
  294th Session of the ILO Governing Body

February 2005 

• 15 February 2005 - 18 February 2005, Budapest, Hungary
  7th ILO European Regional Meeting: "East - West: A common future"
  Every four years, the regions of the ILO meet to discuss the most relevant workplace issues of the day. In 2005, the 7th European Regional Meeting of the ILO has been convened under the theme "East-West: A common future".

December 2003 

• 02 December 2003 - 05 December 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethopia
  Tenth African Regional Meeting
  This meeting brings together governments, employers and workers of Africa to discuss ILO's planning activities as well as Decent Work strategies for Africa's development.

October 2002 

• 10 December 2002 - 13 December 2002, Lima, Peru
  Fifteenth American Regional Meeting
  The International Labour Organization (ILO) held its XVth Regional Meeting of ILO member States in the Americas to seek a "productive solution" to the region's labour troubles, at a time when the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a situation marked by a rise in unemployment, an increase in poverty and a pronounced decline in social and labour conditions.

May 2000 

• 08 December 1999 - 11 December 1999, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  Ninth African Regional Meeting
  Among the Conclusions of the Meeting, the delegates stressed their commitment to the elimination of child labour, beginning with its worst forms. They stated that "the elimination of child labour in Africa represents a real challenge. To be African is first of all to respect and prepare the destiny of Africa through its children."

August 1999 

• 24 August 1999 - 27 August 1999, Lima, Peru
  Fourteenth American Regional Meeting
  The delegates at meeting agreed that "finding decent work constitutes one of the most immediate priorities for the people in the Americas". ...